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Q: Do Ulcerative Colitis flare ups go away?
Asking for a friend which was diagnozed with Ulcerative Colitis. Does eating very healthy during flare ups and taking medication make the flare up go away? Are they life threatning? How to prevent one from occurring again?

A: Ulcerative Colitis starts as something else, perhaps IBS or just Colitis, inflammation of the lining of the intestine. As to why it becomes inflamed, well that is the answer! If you can avoid foods, drink, environmental factors, perhaps stress, eat the right food, get fresh air and exercise then you should never end up with Ulcerative Colitis, just bouts of Colitis. When you get to Ulcerative stage, whatever you have done, wrong food, stress, really has upset the system. Yes they can be life threatening as if the ulcers bleed and you have enough of them, well you could bleed out. Likewise you are facing cancer later in life if you do not get a grip on the causes. The hard work starts with trying to figure out what the trigger, cause is and avoiding it. The only way to do this, keep a Diary and everyday write down what you ate, what you drank, what you did, stress on a 1-10 scale. Keep this up and when you have a few bouts of Ulcerative Colitis you will be able to see the common thread, be it food, stress……… Then you need to avoid that trigger.

Q: Remicade: How long to clear up an Ulcerative Colitis flare??
I have Ulcerative Colitis and just started my first treatment of Remicade (IV) yesterday, which will be given every 8 weeks instead of the medication I have been taking for the past 7 years. I have had Remicade infusions before but it was along with steroids. My question is asking if anyone knows how long it should take for the Remicade to start “healing” my flare-up. I have been bleeding for 2 weeks. Like I said, I have been responsive to Remicade before but it was along with steroids so I don’t know which was working at what time. I am just now beginning the every 8 weeks treatment. Before, I was given 3 treatments at once, like they do for Crohn’s patients.
I am just on my regular medication now, no prednisone (that was fall 05). As far as how bad my disorder is, I have always responded to medication but have flare-ups (bleeding) every 6 months-1 year (not having Remicade infusions, just other pills)

A: I am scheduled for my first infusion to treat Crohn’s on July 5. I have been told by others in my support group, and I have also found through my own reseach and in talking to doctors, that one of the purposes of using Remicade as a treatment is to get you off of steroids. Steroids are not a long term treatment for IBD. Immunomodulators taken at the same time as Remicade can give an added benefit to the treatment of Crohn’s, but steroids don’t. The effect is different in different people and can work within a few days (which I am hoping for) or can take up to a few weeks. You have to watch carefully for side effects and infections as there is a greater risk when taking Remicade. Also, because it resembles human DNA by only 75%, your body has a higher chance of building anti-bodies against it. Since you have taken Remicade once before, the chances of you having anti-bodies and the medicine not working at all is very high. Monitor this with your doctor. Good luck with your treatment. It is not fun having a flare.

Q: Anyone know any natural cures for Ulcerative colitis flare-up?
Taking asacol, 6mp, prednisone, and colocort. Any ideas what else could work?

A: Try to eat more fiber and drink less beer.

Q: is asacol used in supressing a flare-up for ulcerative colitis or is is just to stay in remission.?
Im confused about this becuause my doctor gave me Asacol for my ulcerative colitis and i am having a flare up now. Is there another medicine i should be taking for my flare up?

A: Sorry about this problem you are having!! My father too has this. Unfortunately, that is the most recommended by some doctors. If you seriously want to get rid of this problem it may be worth going to a Natural doctor who uses all natural products with no chemicals or toxins!! An Herbalist or even a good Chiropractor would know exactly how to heal and get rid of this problem and cure you.

Please give it a try, don’t settle for anything but all natural treatment if you can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck to you

Q: Ulcerative Colitis Flare Up?
I have having a really bad flare up with lots of blood. I have NO insurance. There is no county hospital here. I have been tired w/chills. What should I do? Will the ER just give me steriods and send me home to get sick again?

A: Unfortunately you probably will need to go to the ER since your flareup is this advanced and they will probably give you a type of steriod. Once you have this flareup under control, I suggest you take all natural Optiflora regularly and it will treat the cause and not just the symptoms. My daughter-in-law had these horrible flareups and would end up many times in the hospital due to dehydration and they would usually give her Prednisone (sp?). She started taking the Optiflora and it helped her tremendously. It actually started healing the lining of her intestines and colon.

Optiflora is a two-product system that includes Probiotic (Bifidus & Acidophilus…microflora) + Prebiotic (FOS…food source for microflora). Patented guaranteed delivery of 500 million microflora to intestines and colon.

Hope this is helpful and feel free to contact me with questions.

Q: How would you quell an ulcerative colitis flare besides steroids?
I have had colitis for a little over 2 years and have tried a few different drugs and im currently on remicade. I take Digesticure as a supplement as well as take some fish oil/probiotics stuff. I’ve also tried Aloe Elite in the past. Although I think the digesticure will work in the long run, I’m in the middle of a flare so it’s hard for anything to get absorbed. I’ve been using immodium too to try to stop the diarrhea. I Just started 40mg prednizone but it only masks the symptoms for a while. Any advice to stop the immediate flare? Any diet suggestions while in the flare?

A: For remedies:

One or two ripe bananas taken every day are one of the most effective home remedies for ulcerative colitis. Being bland, smooth, easily-digestible and slightly laxative, they relieve the acute symptoms and promote the healing process.

A glass of buttermilk taken daily is another effective remedy for colitis. It is the residual liquid left over after the fat has been removed from curd by churning

Drinking the water of one tender coconut daily has been found valuable in colitis. It is soothing to the soft mucosa of the colon.

Steamed apples also aid the healing of ulcerative lesions because of their ample concentration of iron and phosphorus.

Drumstick leaves are also useful in colitis. A teaspoon of fresh leaf juice, mixed with an equal quantity of honey and a glass of tender coconut water, is given two or three times daily as a herbal medicine for the treatment of this disease.

Rice has a very low fibre content, and is, therefore, extremely soothing in colitis. A thick gruel of rice mixed with a glass of buttermilk and a ripe banana, given twice a day, forms a very nutritious, well-balanced diet in this disease.

The juice of wheat-grass (a grass which grows after sowing wheat grains in the earth) used as an enema, helps detoxify the walls of the colon. The general procedure is to first give an enema with lukewarm water. After waiting for twenty minutes, 90-120 ml of wheat-grass juice enema is given. This should be retained for fifteen minutes. This enema is very helpful in disorders associated with colitis. Wheat-grass can be grown at home in earthen pots if it is not available through dealers.

Diet for Colitis:

Papaya juice, raw cabbage juice and carrot juice. Diet plays an important part in the treatment of colitis. It is advisable to observe a juice fast for five days or so, in most cases of ulcerative colitis. Papaya juice, raw cabbage juice, and carrot juice are especially beneficial.

Avoid Citrus juice

Have steamed vegetables, rice, home-made cottage cheese etc
After the juice fast, the patient should gradually adopt a diet of small, frequent meals of soft cooked or steamed vegetables, rice, porridge, broken wheat, and well-ripened fruits like banana and papaya, yoghurt, and home-made cottage cheese. Sprouted seeds and grains, wholemeal bread, and raw vegetables may be added gradually to this diet after about ten days. All food must be eaten slowly and chewed thoroughly.

Avoid white sugar, highly seasoned foods, alcoholic beverages
Foods which should be excluded from the diet are white sugar, white bread, and white flour products; highly seasoned foods; highly salted foods; strong tea, coffee, and alcoholic beverages; and foods cooked in aluminum pans.

Other Colitis treatments:

Warm-water enema. During the first five days of the juice fast, the bowels should be cleansed daily with a warm-water enema

Buttermilk enema. A buttermilk enema taken twice a week is also soothing and helps in re-installing useful bacterial flora in the colon.

Complete bedrest and avoid stress. Complete bedrest is very important. The patient should eliminate all causes of tension and face his discomfort with patience.

Q: I’m on the verge of having a flare up with Ulcerative Colitis and I was wondering what can I do to prevent it?
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A: See your doctor and make sure you are taking your Asacol/Pentasa/Dipentum or whatever else you should be taking to prevent a flare-up. A severe flare-up might need a course of steroids.

Truth is you need medication for a flare-up of UC, and you need to start treatment as early as possible. Dont sit on it. See your doctor.

Q: When you feel a flare up of ulcerative colitis coming on, what is the best treatment to stop it in it’s track?
I did the steroids a few years ago but my new gastroenterologist is not a fan of steroids so he put me on 6-mercaptopurine. Since I did not have a flare up for almost 3 years, we stopped the dose but now I feel a flare up coming on and 6-MP takes about 3 months to start kicking in.

What is the best medication to stop the UC and make it go back into remission.

If I go to the Dr, he will just immediately order a colonoscopy. So before I do that, I want to hear what some of you think.

Steroids are horrible. They make your face get huge, they make you hungry, and they make you fat. Also I guess they do something to your bones.

I want to avoid steroids at all costs.

A: well i had ulcerative colitis (i had the surgery done) and from my experience with all the meds, steriods is the only way to stop it immediately. what i did was i did steriods and 6mp at the same time and tapered off the steriods so by the time i was off the steriods the 6 mp would have kicked in. i hated the steriods and they make you have low bone density and it makes them weak.

Q: Can tension flare up ulcerative colitis?

A: It sure does for me. I’ve suffered with this for 15 years and while some doctors will tell you stress does not effect it, there is no doubt in my mind that it has and does!

Q: Ulcerative colitis sufferers, what helps you from getting flare ups besides standard medication?
It seems that something will work for a while, boswellia for one, but later lose its’ efficacy.
The question has nothing to do with weight

A: try and live a all around healthier life.
eat right, exercise, sleep well, ext.
and try to keep your stress Level down.
this works for me

Q: i’m 28 weeks pregnant and my problem of ulcerative colitis has flare up from last 2 weeks.?
i’ 28 yrs.i consulted my gastronologist who suggested me mesacol(thrice a day), rabemac(empty stomach), and gitzer(once).whant to know is these medicines are safe to take during pregnancy? my hb has fall 7.4.is this problem of ulcer can create any kind of bad effect in fetus or problem during delivery?

A: Before taking any of this medication, I would talk with your OB/GYN and see if there are any side effects of this medication.

Q: my ulcerative colitis is flaring up and i am getting a cold?
if anyone has any tips or natural remedies on making feel better i want to feel better for new years eve.

A: I’ve cured my own colitis by radically changing my diet.

I suffered from gradually worsening colitis symptoms for years. I finally got diagnosed over two years ago, and my doctor told me that I would have to go on pills.

I refused, and continued to suffer for some time until I found an interesting books that stated that it was diet that causes colitis, which a doctor will tell you is untrue.

I decided to give a raw food diet a try, and within a few weeks all my my symptoms were gone. It was a very specific raw food diet, however.

I’ve written about what I did here:http://www.raw-food-health.net/ColitisCu…

You won’t find any relief from a doctor or their pills. Clean up your diet, and over the long run, you’ll get rid of your colitis permanently.

Q: does anyone ever had ulcerative colitis flared up during pregnancy .or ever taken any steroids in pregnancy?
i am pregnant and take pentasa tablets but now i am having a bad flare up and the doctor prescribed prednisalone 40 mg.it is my 9th week and i am very worried to take it as what effect it will have on my growing baby.please if anyone ever had taken prednisalone while pregnant and had healthy baby please share your experience with me.if u have any info pls let me know

A: I also have ulcerative colitis and i’m now 27 weeks pregnant. At my first ante-natal appointment at the hospital, they told me that if i had a bad flare up during my pregnancy, prednisolone was fine to take and would not harm the baby, and it was better for the baby to get well quickly by using them than prolong the flare up.
I had a slight flare up at about 4 months, and i was told i could use predfoam enemas without worrying too, and these are also prednisolone. Luckily i got the flare up under control pretty quickly, and am now just trying not to stress and enjoy the rest of my pregnancy.
I have also stayed on all my other uc medication throughout as the doctors said it was safer to stay on it than risk a flare up, and all the scans and tests show he is doing just fine.
Hope you get better soon.

Q: I have ulcerative colitis and coffee is the only thing that makes my condition flare…?
I love coffee and I want to drink it but it makes me sick to my stomach and give me diarrhea sometimes. I’m on medication (mercaptopurine and asacol) but that doesn’t stop the flare ups. Coffee is sooo delicious. Does anyone know of anything that can stop this effect (besides not drinking it and avoiding it?)

A: try eating coffee flavored things instead

Q: Ulcerative Colitis?
I have been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis since 2002 and have been taking 6 Asacol a day and sometimes tapering dose of steroids (prednisone) when I have flare ups. I have been reading online about the bad effects of long term use of steroids. I know a few people who have taken steroids for long periods of time. I was wondering if there is any one out there who takes steroids (prednisone and such) as part of their ongoing daily treatment. Please share any experience that you might have.

A: Hi! I was diagnosed with crohns disease 2 1/2 years ago. I am currently taking steroids too, and actually just had to go up with the dose the other day as the tapering started to affect me. i hate being on them as I get a humungous appetite, and my face goes soooooo round i look like a balloon!!! On the same note, I dont have so many effects of my crohns when i am on them. We can never win! when i was first diagnosed, i was taking steroids for a year. So far, even after long term use, i havent had any real bad side effects, my bone density is still ok. the only thing i can really complain about is my weight issue now, but im working on that. Sorry if i havent helped much, but sometimes its nice to just hear from people who share similar experiences. Email me if you want to chat about anything else
bianca.zeni@yahoo.com.au

Cya!!!! xxxxxxxx Bianca

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